Couple of Cards

 Doing my Fall thing ... 

Wild Honey, Folizzed Amber, and Tea Dye inks with Sizzx die of Tim Holtz wildflowers

This one I just wanted to try a different fold and closure ... I like it and will probably do it again 

Halloween projects

 Well, I have been busy making some projects and wanted to share ... there are some other ones but I can't put them up yet ....

                                      

Yep I know it's August BUT

I have done some Halloween tags for an online swap and since it' been a while since I have posted anything I thought I would put these out there ...... each one is just a little different, I did use some Tim Holtz metal tape to do the numbers, first I embossed the tape with the Bingo card then I used alcohol ink to add some color and let that dry then cut them apart to use just as numbers ... I just love these images they are whimsical and yet appropriate for Halloween Spooky too ...

Got to sit and make some cards ...

it been soooooooooo long since I got to spend time at the art table so I wanted to do some experimenting ... I used oil pastels and heated them for the background, then drew some flowers with the just regular then took Archival Ink and did stencil work and stamped the saying "Embrace Imperfection" I thought it was very appropriate ... click to enlarge

Happy Valentine's Day ...

well today is the day and I am getting the last card posted today .... boy I almost missed it ... lol

Altered Composition Book

Using 1 12x12, 7 Gypsy paper ... stock image ... Tim Holtz Coordination cardstock

front - I cut around birds to slide in doily I had inked to black

inside front cover stock image torn layered on off white cardstock the torn Tim Holtz coordination cardstock

back I used scraps from front then accented with black masking tape that matched spine

Also did these

they are for mingles in online groups I am in ....

These backgrounds are made with Washi tapes ... it's quick easy and I think gives a real bang for the buck ... click photo to enlarge

oh my it's been awhile

January is already gone and Feb. has a good start .... what have I been up to ... well I went to CA to help get the twins nursery ready and get moved into their new house ... then I came back to help give our daughter a baby shower for "little boy", get the house files ready for doing income tax, doing Dr. visits (mostly checkups) and now I can't get my mind off the fact the twins are due REAL soon .... I did get a couple of Valentine things made but that has been it in the art department ... so here are photo's and IF I don't get back to you before I wish everyone a Happy Loving Valentines ........ the bag is going to hold things for my little sweet granddaughter ......

a little more Christmas

Alcohol ink on foil tape die cut on
embossing folder cardstock

embossing folder on foil tape over embossing folder
on metallic cardstock

a little Thanksgiving - a little Christmas

well I was kind of productive today in between chores ... hope you like them ....

 

Inspired by Paper Fairytale

Debrina Pratt is Paper Fairytale and she does such lovely things ... the idea of using some of my extra wooden blocks on their side and making them look like to Vintage pull toys was just so exciting to me I had to do some ... I sure had fun making these .... click image to enlarge

so for my DD I did this one



for my DDIL I did this one



for myself I did this one

Getting my Halloween on ....

well I got a couple of things done towards my Halloween decorations ... what do you think ......

STAMPtember with Tim

I was doing a little playing and decided to work with Tim's stuff on STAMPtember ... it's been fun and I like doing some of this stuff just most of the time I want to "get her done" so I don't take the time to go thru all these steps ...... go on over and watch his video then have fun ..... the metallic doesn't shine like it does in real life but you can see it there it just look white ...

"Olde Curiosity Shoppe" journal

This is what I have been working on for several weeks, not that it's that complicated to make just that life kept happening and wouldn't let me work as often as I wanted to .... I will use this as a photo/journal of some future event, therefore so many blank spots and mats/tags to add things to .... I enjoyed using the G45 metal butterflies by embossing them and using the Vintaj Patina system to color and age them ... of course Tim Holtz dies makes it easy to cut interesting things on the edges of pockets to add lots of visual interest ....  if you like the construction of this book you can easily make one just follow this link to my online classes for full instructions ... http://lindamanningfindley.blogspot.com/2015/06/i-have-had-request.html  .... hope you enjoy

Christmas in July - nothing like it

Came back from a super art retreat where we made this Christmas book ... had such a great time, laughed so much my side still hurt and I have been home 2 days .......

Click to enlarge .... hope you enjoy